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• Adriaan Gerard Otto Luijendijk, rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Antoinette Henriette Bertha van Adrichem Boogaert, Middelburg,Gemeente Middelburg,Zeeland,Netherlands
• Antje Gooyes Finnema, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1982)
• Aaltje Rijkeboer, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1918)
• Adriana Maria Melis, Oudheusden en Elshout (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1996)
• Alfons Verheijden, Rummen, België († 1973)
• Antje Meinderts Robijn, Veenwouden († 1977)
• Annie Aaltje Drentje, Kloosterburen († 1999)
• Aaltien Suurd, Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1991)
• Adrianus Quick, Lillo, Provincie Antwerpen († 1915)

• Antonia van Aarle (73), Oss
• Anthony Hendrik Spaan, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van Hulst (31), Zwartewaal
• Arie van Hulst (31), Zwartewaal
• Adrianus van Akooij (2), Beesd West Betuwe (GL)
• Anna Maria van der Plas (78), Leimuiden
• Albertus de Beauveser (75), Deventer
• Maria Zandboer (85), Ooltgensplaat
• Anda Jacoba FABER (85), Dodewaard
• Barnardus van Alphen (74), Everdingen

• 1896 » Morarji Desai, Indian civil servant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of India († 1995)
• 1904 » Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader († 1957)
• 1904 » Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager († 1965)
• 1908 » Alf Gover, English cricketer and coach († 2001)
• 1908 » Balthus, French-Swiss painter and illustrator († 2001)
• 1908 » Dee Brown, American historian and author († 2002)
• 1908 » Louie Myfanwy Thomas, Welsh writer († 1968)
• 1916 » Dinah Shore, American singer and actress († 1994)
• 1916 » James B. Donovan, American lawyer († 1970)
• 1916 » Leonard Shoen, founder of U-Haul Corp. († 1999)

• 1868 » Ludwig I of Bavaria (b. 1786)
• 1880 » James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (b. February 29, 1812)
• 1908 » Pat Garrett, American sheriff (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Ernie Courtney, American baseball player (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Adolphe Appia, Swiss architect and theorist (b. 1862)
• 1940 » E. F. Benson, English archaeologist and author (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge and politician, 3rd President of Finland (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Robert Barrington-Ward, English lawyer and journalist (b. 1891)
• 1952 » Quo Tai-chi, Chinese politician and diplomat, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations (b. 1888)
• 1956 » Elpidio Quirino, Filipino lawyer and politician, 6th President of the Philippines (b. 1890)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
• January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
• January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
• April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
• December 28 » The 7.1 M_w  Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.

The temperature on February 29, 1908 was between -1.3 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.